National Indoor Arena, King Edwards Road, Birmingham, 12/07/1990. Creator: John Laing plc.

National Indoor Arena, King Edwards Road, Birmingham, 12/07/1990. Creator: John Laing plc.

2-879-162 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

National Indoor Arena, King Edwards Road, Birmingham, 12/07/1990. Martin Laing and two other men giving speeches during the topping out ceremony for the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. The £50m Design and Construct contract for the National Indoor Arena (NIA) was awarded to the Laing Midlands Division by Birmingham City Council in January 1989. It was officially opened on 4th October 1991 by athlete Linford Christie. At the time of opening, it was the largest indoor arena in the UK and had capacity for approximately 12,000 spectators. The arena has been renamed multiple times throughout its history. Originally the National Indoor Arena (October 1991 to December 2014), it later became known as The Barclaycard Arena (December 2014 to August 2017), Arena Birmingham (September 2017 to April 2020), and Utilita Arena Birmingham (April 2020 to present).


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Creator
  1. John Laing plc, attributed to: British: construction and civil engineering company
Subject
  1. Martin Laing: British: entrepreneur

Medium
  1. Photograph

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England West Midlands Birmingham Birmingham

  1. 52 28 00 N , 001 55 00 W

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Trade & Industry Construction Industry

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5232x5249
File Size : 80,458kb


Aliases

  1. JLP01/11/44926/09
  1. jlp01_11_44926_09
  1. 0250011211
  1. 2-879-162
  1. 2879162
  1. JLP01/11/44926/09


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